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I find it oddly soothing to recreate memories from the thin little strands we have left of them in our minds. I’ve had to braid in a little new material here and there, imagine plausible dialogue, but the nucleus of the weave is usually pretty solid. Things that happen to us when we’re small, and..
What happened to our minds? Here’s one way of thinking about yourself: you are a big bag of ideas. You carry around billions of them, of every sort, from spiritual to dietary to political to artistic. You have an idea about coffee, about Thai food, about the best time to get up in the morning,..
As I was claiming yesterday, Christian regeneration absolutely comes with a new set of eyes, and a new heart, and a new way of judging the world. If someone truly comes to believe in the Savior of mankind, that same Savior’s description of the process (being “born again”) means all new spiritual parts, and all new..
The Purity Thing Again.. Mike Pence is ever-anxious to let you know he’s made a difficult moral decision. He rarely fails to remind his audience he is Christian first, American second, and Republican third. Brimming over with that brand of paraded piety that earned him 0.1% of the primary vote, Mike furls his brow and..
Lots of people I respect, as people of faith and intellect, keep getting Romans 13 completely wrong, so I’ll try one more time… At the outset, this passage (“be subject to the governing authorities”) is likely THE most proof-texted passage in scripture. People trot it out as though absolutely nothing else in the Word qualifies..
You get to govern one of two populations – “Dominion Town” or “Chance Town.” Dominion Town is full of people who believe they are the children of a just and holy God who loves them and has made them in His image. God’s eyes are upon them all the time. If you make them stumble,..
First: A “He said, He Said” Story.. In the event any of you are in the market for a good fresh dose of weapons-grade insanity, ponder the Nicholas Kuhnhausen story and the utterly bizarre way 48 Hours chose to tell it. It begins with the disappearance of 17 year old girl named Nikki, who is,..
Think About It.. According to one source, California has $1.5 TRILLION in unfunded pension liability. “Unfunded pension liability” represents that portion of the state’s pension obligation not covered by agency and employee contributions. Another way of putting it is this: “in order to keep paying your pensions, we need to come up with about $1.5..
Don’t Cry For Me, Santa Barbara I approach festivals — any community festival heavily managed by institutional types worried about their ESG/DEI ratings — with deep suspicion, since you never know when a congregational response will be required of you. (Priest: “May climate change worry be with you.” Worshippers: “And also with you!”) So I..
The Ugly Problem of Folk Dance Hate.. September is National Square Dance Month, but the national celebration will be too late for Marcy Quinsdale. Marcy, just 14 years old, had saved enough money from her allowance to buy a competitive dance outfit, with a gored, pocketed skirt and peasant style blouse. The ensemble was all..
